Quotes are taken from a message written by Sheila to Charles on 07/22/96...
SK>I could've sworn there was some exam you posted about that students
SK>needed a relatively low raw score to pass (below 50%). I will have to
SK>spend more time looking for that article. Then again, I may have
SK>imagined the whole thing. %*>
You could well be right.  In New York State we have been administering 
minimum competency tests at grades 3 and 6 for a number of years (all of 
that will be changing shortly).  I am not familiar with the entire 
battery of tests, but on the 6th grade math exams, students are 
considered minimally competent if they get 22 of the 60 questions 
correct.  That might not be so bad if the test were challenging, but it 
is nothing more than a test of basic skills.  Pretty sad, in my estimation.
Chuck Beams
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cbeams@future.dreamscape.com
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